Title

Think carefully about the meaning of the title and what it draws focus on from the poem.

How is the title's meaning significant?

Opening & End

What is the significance of the opening of the poem and the end of the poem.

What has changed by the end of the poem?

How does the end connect back to the beginning?

Speaker

Analyze the speaker (narrator) of the poem.

Include and analyze a quote that emphasizes the role of the speaker and discuss how the speaker is significant to the poem as a whole.

Tone

What is the tone of the poem?

Give a quote and discuss how it indicates tone.

How does the tone impact the meaning of the poem as a whole.

Situation & Setting

What is the situation and setting of the poem?

Give at least one quote that helps to establish the situation / setting and discuss it.

How do the situation / setting contribute to the poem's meaning?

Theme

What point is the author making about Native American life today?

Discuss a quote from the poem and how this quote reinforces the theme(s).

Imagery & Symbols

What stand out as vibrant imagery (mental pictures / sensory details) and symbols in the poem?

Give at least one quote and discuss it.

How do the images / symbols contribute to the poem's meaning?